Category Archives: USAWA Events

BUFFVILLE’S ROAD to the CENTURY CLUB 2  –  RECORD DAY

By Clint Poore

BUFFVILLE’S ROAD to the CENTURY CLUB 2  –  RECORD DAY

SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 2024

BUFFVILLE GYM in ALBANY, KENTUCKY

ADDRESS: 205 SOUTH SPRING STREET ALBANY, KENTUCKY

WEIGH-INS:  9 AM – RECORD BREAKING BEGINS AT  10 AM

THE LIFTS:  You can choose any USAWA lift to break but, please let me know your lifts to make sure I have the appropriate equipment for you to set the Record.

ENTRY FEE: NONE, just let me know you are attending, then have fun lifting & breaking records!

MEET DIRECTOR – Clint Poore: contact by email clintpoore@hotmail.com or by phone at 606-688-2600.

USAWA MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED: You must be a member of the USAWA. Registration will be available at onsite if you need to join the USAWA.

RECORD SESSION – Each lifter can perform up to 5 record attempts. Please let me know what records you will be attempting so that I can be sure I have the appropriate equipment. USAWA National Records can be set at this meet, if we have 3 referees present IAWA  World Records may be set.

HOTEL –  Baymont by Wyndham Albany

              Address: 79 Soma Lane, Albany, KY 42602

              Phone: (606) 387-7238

Nationals 2024

By Bill Clark

Beth Skwarecki-multiple time national champion

2024 USAWA  NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Meet Director: Bill  Clark

Dates – June 29-30, 2024

Location – American Legion Hall, Columbia, Mo.

Daily Weigh-ins – 8:00 – 9:00 A.M.

Daily rules meetings – 9:45 am.

EVENTS:

Day One –  Two-hands Clean and Press with Fulton Bar – Pullover and Press – Hack Lift.

Day Two – Deadlift-Fulton Bar-Ciavattone Grip – One-arm Snatch with Barbell – Zercher Lift.

SPECIAL EVENT – No entry fee.

The Weaver Stick.

ENTRY FEE – $50.00 – LIFTING ONLY

Dinner fee – $25,00. Optional. Both fees may be paid by a single check – payable to Clark’s Gym.

ENTRY DEADLINE – 5:00 P.M., Tuesday, June 18, 2024.

CONTACT:

BILL CLARK, 3906 Grace Ellen Drive, Columba, Mo. 65202.

Telephone:  573-474-4510

E-mail: yeoldclark@gmail.com

See below for the entry form/waiver

Nationals-Entry-2024Download

Dino Gym Challenge

Dean Ross competing in the 2019 IAWA World Championships in Abilene, Kansas.
Dean Ross competing in the 2019 IAWA World Championships in Abilene, Kansas.

This year the Dino Gym Challenge will be dedicated to a long time Dino Gym club member, Dean Ross. Dean passed away last year on March 9th, at the age of 80 so this competition will mark one year since his death.

Dean was liked by everyone. He attended almost every event at the Dino Gym and always had plenty of interesting stories to tell. He traveled to USAWA events all over the country, and always drove. He often would finish a comp and then get in his truck to drive overnight home to Tulsa.

Dean loved all the lifts, and broke many records in a wide array of different lifts. For this memorial meet I picked these lifts for a reason as they were some of his favorites as he performed them in Gold Cups or Presidential Cups.

MEET DETAILS:

Meet Director:            Al Myers – Email: amyers@usawa.com

Meet Date:                 Saturday, March 9th,   1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Location:                    Dino Gym, 1126 Eden Road, Abilene, KS 67410

Sanction:                    U.S.A.W.A Memberships cards can be purchased on meet day

Weigh-ins:                  12:00 – 1:00 PM the day of the meet

Divisions:                   Depends who shows up

Awards:                     Don’t expect one

Entry Fee:                  None – but please notify me in advance if you plan to attend

Lifts:

Bench Press – Hands Together

Swing – 1 Dumbbell

Curl – Cheat

Trap Bar Deadlift

The lifts will be done is this order.

2024 Grip Championships

By Al Myers

MEET ANNOUNCEMENT – 2024 USAWA GRIP CHAMPIONSHIPS

The new year is now upon us and with that comes the announcement for the annual Grip Championships! The Grip Championships have always been the first Championship event in the USAWA every year.

This competition has been a popular one in the USAWA throughout the years.  At times it has been one of the largest events attended for the year in the USAWA.  I always try to “mix things up” with the chosen lifts, but have always kept them to official lifts of the USAWA.

MEET DETAILS:

Meet Director:            Al Myers  email: amyers@usawa.com

Meet Date:                 Saturday, February 17th, 2024  1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Location:                    Dino Gym, 1126 Eden Road, Abilene, KS 67410

Sanction:                    USAWA  – Membership required

Weigh-ins:                  12:00-1:00 PM the day of the meet

Divisions:                   Juniors, Women, Masters, and Open

Awards:                     None

Entry:                        None – But please give advance notification if attending

Lifts:

Pinch Grip – Strict

Vertical Bar Deadlift – 1 Bar, 1″, One Hand

Deadlift – Fingers, Index 

Deadlift – Fulton Bar, Ciavattone Grip

Rim Lift

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